Call for Faculty Applications

LSU-UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES: CALL FOR LSU FACULTY PROPOSALS

The Center for French and Francophones Studies at LSU has been awarded the largest
grant ever by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, through its Partner University
Fund program ($235.000 over 3 years, to be shared with the partner university, Université
des Antilles Guadeloupe-Martinique).

The general theme of the grant is “Slavery in the Caribbean Basin” and its overarching
purpose is to encourage a series of collaborations between LSU and the Université
des Antilles for academic years 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and 2018-2019.

Tenure and tenure-track faculty in all fields of Humanities research, and from all
Humanities departments and units at LSU, are invited to submit proposals at frleup@lsu.edu.
Proposals should not be longer than 3 pages single spaced. The deadline for proposals
is December 31, 2016

The criteria of evaluation are the following:

1) Joint collaboration from the two institutions is a requisite.

2) Proposals with additional funding from other sources than the grant will be
granted preference.

3) A research theme germane to Slavery in the Caribbean Basin theme is a requisite.

4) Tangible outcomes are required and should be described in the proposal. They
can take many forms: articles, performances, joint lectures, videos, further close
collaboration for future projects where the grant amount operates as seed money, etc.

5) The Center for French and Francophones Studies will administer the grant and
provide financial support mostly dedicated to cover travel and accommodation for faculty
and graduate students, and publication fees.

6) Proposals should indicate the duration of the project, which may last one to
three years. Substantial projects for the maximum duration will be granted preference.

7) Proposals will be evaluated and ranked by ad hoc committees comprising faculty
from both institutions.

8) The grant will cover travel, housing and per diem as per LSU regulations.